I’m not a curtain twitching killjoy and I hate telling people what to do so I won’t BUT…
At my first job I worked with someone who was taking bike lessons. He passed on a Saturday morning and went out to put a deposit on a bike (Yamaha R6). On the next Friday he had all his gear with him including his shiny new helmet and when we finished early he went straight to collect the bike. On Monday morning I heard that he’d died in a crash on Friday night. He lasted about 4 hours before he drifted wide on a slip road and entered the A1 into the side of a lorry.
I have another mate with less cash who bought a cheap bike just after passing his test. An old CBR600. He entered a left hander too fast trying to keep up with his new biker mates. He drifted into oncoming traffic and sat up to turn right but there was nowhere to go but off the road. He went airborne over the kerb with his leg flailing out which hit a lamp post and snapped in half. Only his leathers were holding his leg on and the blood and screaming made the first lad on the scene vomit. He was off his feet for 2 years.
I’ve got nothing against bikes and I want one myself eventually. I just can’t fathom the appeal of sportsbikes. They’re one trick ponies and if you’re not thrashing them all the time you’d be much better off on something else. All bikes are fast enough to make progress. Consider something upright and comfortable and just have fun.
I want one of these beauties!